What's a thoughtful gift for someone moving into their first home/apartment?

What's a thoughtful gift for someone moving into their first home/apartment?
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The toolbox is a good idea but also putting together a care package of sorts with all the incidentals one needs that add up quickly. A plastic storage tub filled with paper towels, TP, napkins, cleaning supplies, sponges, scrubbies, trash liners/bags, soaps, detergents, bleach, dusters, etc. I did this for my daughter when she moved to her first apartment and after she unpacked everything she had the storage container to use for other things to, turned into a laundry basket in her closet. haha
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